Soviet warships in the Mediterranean Sea (1969)

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In 1969, an aircraft from the British carrier HMS Eagle photographs a Soviet Kotlin class missile destroyer taking fuel from a Russian supply ship while shadowing the British carrier, which has come down from a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) exercise in the Aegean Sea. Throughout the Cold War, naval espionage and the shadowing of enemy ships are used by the two blocs to monitor and assess their respective military forces.